Welcome everyone! It’s time for release of the December 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit! Our December release was designed to be uplifting, and bring a bit of hope that the new year will bring better days. With gorgeous layering stamps, wonderful dies, complementary inks, and a sparkly yellow embossing powder, we hope you’ll love this kit as much as we do!
This kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp set
- Hope Word Fancy Die
- Cloud Fancy Die
- Cloud Window Die
- 4 Reactive Ink Cubes (Early Dawn, Morning Mist, Yellow Chartreuse, Thistle)
- Yellow Prisma Embossing powder 5oz.
VIDEO
I have a video walking you through the contents of the kit and how to use the products included. You can view the video down below or HERE on my Youtube channel.
I have a ton of examples to share with you today. I explain the cards in more detail in the video so I will give a quick run down of some of the products and colors used.
My first card is using the Hope Word Die. This is great for die cut inlay techniques. I added Gold Glitter card stock to the ‘O’ to resemble the sun.
The layering stamp set in the kit is amazing and has a ton of possibilities! For the card I stamped the scene in Taffy, Morning Mist and Soft Yellow.
I masked off parts of my card to ink blend an ocean and then stamped my sun rays. I used a mix of Lemon Drop and Thistle for the sun.
Below is a clean and simple card using just the sun and sun rays from the set.
The sentiments are so amazing and great for sending encouragement cards all year long.
My next card, I stamped my cloud background onto Arctic card stock. Adds more of a dramatic feel to the background and looks amazing on colored card stock!
This time for the sun rays, I heat embossed them in Silver embossing powder.
I added the Cloud Window over the top.
You can add dimension or you can leave it one layer card like I did below.
The Cloud Window is perfect for ink blended backgrounds. This one shows a shaker card I created.
Add flicks on glimmer metallic ink for stars.
There is also a set of birds in the stamp set that you can add to you skies.
I hope these cards have inspired you! The team has really outdone themselves and got super creative with the kit this month so be sure to hop along!
I have one more card to share using the absolutely gorgeous Phoenix Bird Fancy Die. When I saw this I squealed! I love this so much! It’s such a powerful image!
I started this card so many different times and ended with a simple but very dramatic tone. I die cut the Phoenix from an ink blended panel and added to a black card base. Then I also die cut it from specialty glitter card stock. I adhered the glitter Phoenix over the negative space by off setting it slightly to give that black shadow.
Here is some more inspiration using the Add Ons from this month.
Sea and Sky Stencil with Reactive Inks
Tree With Roots Fancy Die
Tree with Roots Fancy Die and Rainbow background.
GIVEAWAY
We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, December 13th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
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The blue HOPE is extra pretty. I am now thinking of color combinations I would like to make. THANKS!
Beautiful inspiration. Love this kit!
Pretty variety creations that are wonderful to look at for the Hope” that 2021 has in store for us.
Melissa
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Your cards are so pretty! 🙂
That phoenix! Oh my goodness! I was sold on the grand bird as soon as I saw him, but you have made me think I will use him before I use the kit! So perfect!
Wow! So many possibilities with this kit! Your cards are beautiful!
‘Love your video and all the wonderful card examples – what a showstopper for years’ end!
These are stunning! I LOVE the colors, stenciling and backgrounds!
Such beautiful cards! 💜
Beautiful cards! Such variety and warmth and light. I especially like that unique die and you’ve shown so many variations. I also like the stenciled cards.
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Oh my goodness what beautiful inspiration! Such a great kit!
Your cards are amazing! Thank you for sharing!
All your color combinations are stunning, my favorite is the just blues one. Love this new kit!!!
So many fantastic cards.
the phoenix is phenomenal.
The shaker is gorgeous
thanks for sharing
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OMG, I LOVE your phoenix card! I also love your stencil card! I love all your cards and I have the kit coming so I’m really interested in seeing the add ons and those are the two that interest me the most and I absolutely love your cards! Thank you SO much for sharing your concepts!
Absolutely fabulous creations! I love them all!
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beautiful work – thanks for sharing these inspiring projects
Fabulous cards! I love the glittery O in your HOPE die cut!
Holy doodle Mindy!! You’ve absolutely outdone yourself with your creative genius in making this fantastic assortment of cards! The rich hues of colours & design you’ve used make me long for this kit which is perfectly timed for the end of a difficult year for people worldwide.
So many awesome cards! Too many beauties to choose a favourite!
All of your cards are so gorgeous! Such wonderful inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
Love the pink and yellow ocean sunset scene!
Thank you for showcasing how versatile this kit is!
This kit is so appropriate now, we all need to see there is a ray of hope on the horizon!
Thanks for sharing.
So many wonderful cards. Thank you!
Loving the sunrise and sunset backgrounds. Just gorgeous!
Holy moly you are amazing., I love the blending and accents, but the reflection blending caught my eye the most. Gorgeous!
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